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F. A. OUSHING OVERFLOW ALARM FOR WATER TANKS.

Patented Mar. 10, 1885;

ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES z llNrTnn STATEs PATENT @nrrcn.

FRANK A. OUSHING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OVERFLOW-ALARM FOR WATER-=TANKS.

SPECIE'IUATION iorming part of Letters Patent No. 313,658, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed April 18H. (N0 model.)

.To ail whom it may concern! Be it known that I, FRANK A. CUSHING, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Overflow-Alarms for Water-Tlanks, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my improvement.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section.

The object of this invention is to give notice when the tank is full byringing a bell, and thus prevent the waste of water.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinalter fully described and claimed.

A represents the ordinary telltale pipe, leading from the upper part or"the tank to the engineers room. so that he can know when the said tankis full by the water beginning to flow through the said pipe. \Vith thepipe A is connected an enlarged section, B, which is made with aseparate side plate, 0, secured in place by bolts or screws D. Withinthe l section B is placed a small waterwheel, E, i

made with radial wings or buckets, so that the said wheel E will berevolved by the passage of Water through the said section B. To one ofthe journals of the wheel E is at tached a pin, F, which at eachrevolution of the said wheel E strikes and operates a lever, G. Thelever G is pivoted to the section B, and to its other end is attached,or upon it is formed, a hammer, H, which at each oscillation of thelever G strikes a gong, I, at taehed to the support J, formed upon orsecured to the upper arm of the seetion B, to give notice when theOVQIilOW-Wtttt-El begins to run through the pipe A, so that the engineercan stop the pump, and thus prevent the waste of water.

Having thus described my invention. I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- The combination, with the tell-tale pipe of awater-tank, of the enlarged section B, with wheel Ejournaled therein,pin F on thejournal of said wheel. outside of the section B,lever-haininer G H. pivoted to the outside of the section B, and thegong I, also outside of the pipes, substantially as set forth.

FRANK A. CUSHING. Witnesses: f

JAMES T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE.

